Wis. Democrats Report Raising $394,000 Since Dec. 10
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is reporting that it raised nearly $400,000 since Dec. 10.
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The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is reporting that it raised nearly $400,000 since Dec. 10.
Supporters of a push to oust Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office are prepared to declare victory in their effort to force the Republican into a recall election.
Minnesota's political parties will argue for their plans to redraw the state's political boundaries before a panel of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Organizers of the effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker from office said Monday they have collected 300,000 signatures, more than half of what is needed to force an election.
The expectation of another Minnesota budget deficit has legislators girding for another difficult debate.
Democratic state Sen. Linda Higgins is announcing she will not run for reelection next year in her Minneapolis district.
Another Democratic veteran is leaving the state Senate to take a full-time position in Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's cabinet.
Minnesota's major political parties took their struggle over redistricting before a special court panel Wednesday, each arguing for a method of redrawing political maps that could help them in future elections.
The young people in the ad look dissatisfied and pouty. Barack Obama's voice and the words "winning the future," from one of his old campaign speeches, echo in the background.
Democrats didn't get faked out in the first of four elections in Wisconsin over the next month that will determine whether anger over Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union proposal will translate into a loss of power for Republicans in the Statehouse.
In a strange twist, Wisconsin's primary on Tuesday will feature one candidate who doesn't even want to be in office.
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is acknowledging "misspeaking" occasionally, including wrongly claiming that actor John Wayne was from her Waterloo, Iowa hometown, but says she's "a substantive, serious person" who would be a good president.
What's a frustrated liberal to do? Democrats on the ideological left are grousing that President Barack Obama is just not that into them, and they're soul searching at a big weekend meeting about the strained political relationship as he seeks re-election.
New York Rep. Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal has cost him his job. The seven-term Democrat announced he was stepping down today.
A proposed new Vikings stadium north of St. Paul is getting a muted reaction from lawmakers whose approval will be needed to pass a stadium bill.
Top Minnesota veterans officials say the state may be forced to close veterans' homes if Republican budget cuts are enacted. That claim has GOP leaders up in arms.
Gov. Mark Dayton's deadline for lawmakers to pass a budget is here, but lawmakers have yet to send him their budget bills.
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by voters who wanted to wear tea party T-shirts and buttons that said "Please I.D. Me" to the polls in last November's election.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar doesn't have a declared opponent yet, but she has $2.5 million in the bank.
U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Michigan Democratic Party's Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Detroit.
The clock is ticking and congress has until Friday to pass a budget authorization bill, or the federal government will have to shut down. So, what happens if the government shuts down, and what's the cost?
The simmering debate at Minnesota's Capitol over the balance between providing government services and encouraging economic growth flared in the Senate on Tuesday, as Republicans passed a tax bill they said would make the state a better place to do business.
Lawmakers capped a week of budget debate Thursday with a Senate vote for a school funding bill shifting money away from urban districts and House approval of a crime package that toughens sex offender sentences while slashing the budget for Minnesota's anti-discrimination office.
St. Paul Democrats are picking between three candidates for Minnesota Senate in a special primary election on Tuesday.
Democrats who represent Minnesota's Iron Range in the Legislature are ripping Republican plans to shift money out of an economic development trust fund fueled by a production tax on mining companies.
